The husband has been given authority in the home by God, just as the quarterback has it in the huddle and the captain has it in the cockpit. No question: male authority in the home is not a popular idea anymore. Maybe that’s why the American family is in such trouble?

More poignantly, they do not know anyone who has a father or is a father.”[2]

A major battlefield in spiritual warfare is the mind. The mind is the line of scrimmage in the Christian life, and whoever controls the line of scrimmage controls the game. The mind is where the enemy seeks to control us. If he can influence our minds, he can influence our behavior.

Wrapping up his first letter to the church at Corinth, the apostle Paul wrote these inspired words: “Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love” (1 Corinthians 16:13–14). The phrase “act like men” has to do with courage and fortitude. What does it mean to act like a man? It means to have f

Let’s put this battle into perspective. First—and this is very important—you cannot prevent wrong thoughts from coming into your mind. That’s temptation. It is not wrong to be tempted. Jesus was tempted but was without sin. You have not sinned when you are tempted. You should not feel guilty when you are tempted. If you do, that is false guilt. Gen

Extreme, you say? A little over the top, maybe? You bet. And that’s exactly what Jesus was telling us to do. I can promise you this: if we don’t get extreme with the temptation of our eyes, then it will get extreme with us.

The most important thing for Christian parents to communicate to their children about this issue is that God created each of us either male or female, as it says in Genesis 1:27…. This short but profound verse implies several things. 1) Our “maleness” and “femaleness” is an essential part of our humanity as God created us; 2) It is good to be male,

The short answer is that we do not run and we do not hide. We stay at our posts and do not abandon them. This doesn’t mean that the Lord couldn’t lead a husband and wife to move their family to another state. Just make sure your decision is made out of faith and not fear.

Proverbs 5 shows us that a father is to talk straight with his son about the boundaries God has put around His gift of sex. Notice that the father doesn’t mince any words. He attempts to prepare his son for what might occur long before it happens. This is precisely what we are to do as leaders of our homes.